A Quote by Douglas Coupland

Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin.

Douglas Coupland

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Citizens Forget Invention Lives Long Much Natural Penicillin Senior Senior Citizen Senior Citizens Toasters

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Douglas Coupland
Canadian - Novelist
Born: December 30, 1961

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Clint Eastwood

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Annalee Newitz

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I hate the idea of natural. For example, I prefer gardens to wild nature. I like to see the human touch. High heels are a complete invention - an extravagance. They're far from natural, but it's the impracticality that I adore. I prefer the useless to the useful, the sophisticated to the natural.

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